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"Cast a Spell" -
December 27

And before we transition
from 2004 to the year 2005, here's another recap entry
into "The Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the
Sexes II."

At the top of the show we see Tonya with some of the
participants at a nightclub being the sexy single that
she is, but she needs to get her act together in this
competition. When she walked to the parking lot, Tonya
cries with the pressure of staying of the battle. The
teams receive a message on their cell phones telling
them to be ready at 9:30 and to wear their bathing
suits.

The teams are ready for the next challenge "Cast a
Spell." But there's a difference before the challenge
begins. Host Johnny Moseley does not tell the teams
about the mission until after the team leaders are
selected. He also tells the teams that the only muscle
they are using is their brains. The prize they're
playing for is an HP zd7000 laptop computer worth $2,000
for a total team value of $14,000. The teams are given
30 minutes to deliberate on who should be the team
leaders. When time is called the teams are given another
note that this challenge is a word game. And in addition
Johnny also points out that the teams can't talk to each
other or the host himself. The teams are shown their
letter boards having the whole set of letters of the
alphabet. The teams will then spray the letters (1 for
each participant) onto their bodies that spells words
(up to 7 of them). The team members who make the words
will organize their teammates to form them. Once they've
formed a word, the team puts their hands up and then get
a Polaroid picture taken to confirm and be placed on the
board. This is kind of similar to the Boggle board game
where the more letters there are in the word, the more
points a team scores.

The team with the highest score wins the challenge.
Teams can't reuse words otherwise they get points docked
off their total.

For the team leaders, the guys pick Dan, Shane, and Theo
and the girls pick Coral, Ruthie, and Tonya. The teams
are instructed to stay silent until, but for the guys
it's easier said than done. Shane doesn't know what
Steve is doing, but he says if gets the guys a DQ
(disqualification) then Steve's going home, taking it
personally. Once the teams get the signal that they're
allowed to talk Shane talks to Steve. Shane said to Seve
that's not funny and they almost got them penalized.
Then Steve made a BIG mistake by hitting Shane. Any of
you viewers of The Real World or Road Rules or the
Challenge know that the participans have signed a
contract that forbids them from violence. Unfortunately
Steve didn't get the memo and then Johnny calls them and
the guys over telling them about the strict policy of
not hitting anyone. And then Johnny tells Steve that
he's ejected from the battle of the sexes. Shane steps
in that he can't leave and he felt responsible for this
turn of event. While the girls have already selected
their letters. The guys have to change their letter
selection no longer allowing seven letters. This could
be a disadvantage for the guys, but you never know when
they'll bounce back.

After the teams have selected their letters the
30-minute time limit begins. The guys use a strategy
thinking back to the days of "Wheel of Fortune" where
lots of words have letters R, S, and T. While the
mission was in progress Steve took some time to write a
quick note apologizing for his behavior before the
mission even started and then taking the van home. When
time has been called the guys accumulated a grand total
of 735 points. The girls have a grand total of...624
points. What an upset! The girls couldn't believe that
they were outsmarted. Mark claimed that the guys'
victory over the women down a man and a letter would be
the biggest upset ever in reality television. The girls
have to eliminate one of their team leaders while the
guys don't get to vote because of Steve's DQ. Tonya
knows that she's going home.

In Elimination Hill, with no surprise to the viewers,
the girls vote off Tonya. The remaining participants
have made it through another round of the Battle of the
Sexes and they're that much closer to that $180,000
prize. Which of the men and which of the women will be
sent home next? The next recap is pending.